Based on the French film Nuit Blanche, Sleepless stars Jamie Foxx. This is a thriller film that is more decent than it should be. In it, Foxx plays a cop whose partner is crooked. Together, they steal cocaine from a group delivering to a casino owner from a mob boss' son. In order to get the drugs back, his son is kidnapped by the casino owner and held in his business. Foxx must fight members of the mob and cops as he tries his hardest to save his son, even if it means just giving all the coke back. Meanwhile, the cop chasing him (Michelle Monoghan) is trying her hardest to prove herself after a bust gone wrong got her injured. She does all in her power to stop Foxx and bring down the criminals.
The performances in this movie were decent. The actors do their best with what they are given, and deliver their lines with conviction. There is a sense of urgency for each character to achieve their mission. They all have strong motivations, and can get a little shady in their means of achieving their goals. Where this movie falters is in the script itself. Characters do things so out of place, and make some of the dumbest decisions simply because the plot demands it to move the action along. The movie had some cool ideas, but wasn't quite sure how to execute them correctly.
As for the action: it was fun, if not overly simplistic. The fight scenes seemed to be between brawlers without a lot of actual training. However, with quick edits and lots of shaky cam, it was very hard to focus on what was actually going on. Many times the action scenes ended up just making me dizzy.
This film isn't a classic. It never will be. But I don't think it was trying to be either. It is just a throw away action film that'd be fun to catch in Starz on a night in. It's fun and disposable. It entertained me, even though it wasn't very good, and I'd give it 54/100.
The performances in this movie were decent. The actors do their best with what they are given, and deliver their lines with conviction. There is a sense of urgency for each character to achieve their mission. They all have strong motivations, and can get a little shady in their means of achieving their goals. Where this movie falters is in the script itself. Characters do things so out of place, and make some of the dumbest decisions simply because the plot demands it to move the action along. The movie had some cool ideas, but wasn't quite sure how to execute them correctly.
As for the action: it was fun, if not overly simplistic. The fight scenes seemed to be between brawlers without a lot of actual training. However, with quick edits and lots of shaky cam, it was very hard to focus on what was actually going on. Many times the action scenes ended up just making me dizzy.
This film isn't a classic. It never will be. But I don't think it was trying to be either. It is just a throw away action film that'd be fun to catch in Starz on a night in. It's fun and disposable. It entertained me, even though it wasn't very good, and I'd give it 54/100.